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I was the PM from 06-07. We launched a major redesign that significantly changed our growth rate... but didn't take us to "Google scale". /2
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I used to think it was unfair and short-sighted that Google didn't give us enough resources to execute to our full potential. /3
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as a founder, if your company fails, there's no one else to blame. No excuses, it's on you. The same is true of a good PM.
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I blamed myself for the failure of Google Video. I should have pushed *much* harder for a frictionless upload UX. Don't sweat it.
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aw, we all failed it equally! (I also believe that scale achievement would've been rationalized as aberrant, same result)
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Thanks Chris! Hindsight is 20/20. Still super proud to have worked on Reader with y'all, we built something people loved.
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